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Bevan, D. (2008). Continental Philosophy: A Grounded Theory Approach and the Emergence of Convenient and Inconvenient Ethics. In: Cutting-edge issues in Business Ethics. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8401-0_11

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